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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-08-27
General Nichols Takes the Field.
Picayune.

Elsewhere i'll our columns appears an
address to the Democratic voters of
Louisiana by the General Campaign
Committee, which has been organized
to promote the candidacy of General
Francis T. Nichols for the Governor
ship. 1t is clear and manly presenta-
ton of the claims of General Nichols
to the support OF the party, and one
which appeals to the pride as we'll as
the Judgment of the Democratic masses.
This address is accompanied also by
a notice from the same committee that
General Nichols is to take the field and
address the citizens of the various
parishes of the State. He will open
on Aug. % at Zachary Station, in the
parish OF East Baton Rouge. From
there he will go to Pointe Coupee,
where he will be on Sept. 1. Thence
he will go through st. Landry, Acadia
and Avoyelles, and then visit the
Florida parishes. That is as far as the
programme has been announced.
The appearance of General Nichols
upon the platform in Louisiana will by
ia a household word throughout the
commonwealth, and he holds warm
Mace in the hearts of the people,
Revered as the central figure in the
greatest drama of our civil history, and
honored for his gallant services in the
field, an ovation such as is seldom
witnessed awaits him.
1t would indeed be sad day for
Louisiana if her people had forgotten
the services of this trusted leader and
unsulted patriot; if they had come to
value lightly the man who had been
faithful to every public trust, and
whose high and stainless character is
an honor to the State. But their adj
miration and love for the great soldier
and statesman has not diminished, and
the rank and file of the party will rally
around him and follow his standard.
In appealing directly to the people
General Nichols is but following the
example of General John B. Gordon in
his recent contest for the GOvernorship
of Georgia: The organization of the
Democratic party Of that State had
fallen into the hands of men who were
using it for their own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
A powerful machine" held the party
in bondage and dictated it's nomina-
tons. Machine politicians and politi-
cal tricksters assumed to set the great
and honest men of the party aside and
relegate them to obscurity. But Gen.
Gordon took the field and aroused the
people to sense Of their duty. The
Ring was completely overthrow and
their candidate, Major Bacon, retired
from the contest before the convention
met.
There is the same necessity in Loui-
siana to-day for an appeal directly to
the people. The party organization, as
it had in Georgia, has passed into the
hands Of a clique who defy the will of
its members. Nominations are dicta-
ted by T" BOSSES" and not suggested by
the rank and file of the voters. 1t has
become question of whether the party
controls the machinery or the machine
ry controls the party. General Nichols
will solve that question, and it will be
decided in the same way it was in
Georgia.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-08-27
of the School Board.
OPELOU4As, Aug. 9th. 1857.

Board met pursuant TO a call. Present.
Laurent Dupre. President q. n Ealcr G, j.
Thonpson r. Wharton. B. Martel. DR.. Leslie
aud l.. +. Littell. Minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved
The Board then resolved itself into Il com
mlttfe Of the whole. tn examine the vouchers
III the hands OF the Treasurer. and they re
ported that they examined and counted the
vouchers presented by the Treasurer amount
ing to (S93SG.45l Eight thousand three hundred
amt eighty six 45il00 dollars and that tho
amounts correspnndcd with items on the cash
nook and being all warrants paid by him from
jan lSt TO June 2iSt 1887. when on motion II
was resolved that the vouchers he cancelled
and that the Treasurer he allowed a credit for
the same. and tho vouchers were cancelled
accordingly.
The committee appointed by the School
Board OF Acadia. to settle with the TT asnrer
and School Board Of St Landry. the financial
differences between the two parshes-pre-
scented themselves to the Roard-whrreuron
the Board resolved itself into a committee or
The whole 10 confer with the same after which
the Joint committee. rrnnrtcd az follows;
That they have divided the school fund on
the basis Of 1870 youths, giving to Acadia all
Of the
Ninth Ward. 1871
= Ft1a Nitrlt
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-08-27
GRAND P.4TG d.

On the 18th day of August there will be 4
Patro and Target shooting at the Eamtou
Reli Chcny Springs, as we'll as pone races and
other amusements TOO numerous to mention.
The public in genera! are invited. Come one,
come ell. July 1&lm
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-08-27
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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-08-27
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Which may be taken separately from
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and complete in all news departments,
with the added features of household.
fashion and society talk. and feast of
choice original and selected literary
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writings of Catharine Cole, Henry
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June, Mollie Moore Davis. and many
others, appear IN the Sunday issue.
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lshed in the South. In q condensed
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week. the cream of all literary matter
and the best special features of the
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lished every Thursday, and reaches all
subscribers for Sunday reading.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-08-27

True benevolence is to leave all men
recompense injury with justice, and
kindness with ndness.-Confucius.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-08-27
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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-08-27

Woman may be puzzle, but mau
is not willing TO give her up,--Nev
Haven News.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-15
An Algerian Wedding.

A marriage celebration in Algeria IS an
interesting relic of ancient customs. The
bridegroom goes to bring the bride and the
guests assembled outside the house will
wait for his return. Soon the sound OF
pipes is heard coming from the summit of
some neighboring hill, and the marriage
procession approaches the bridegroom s
house. The pipers always come first in the
procession, then the bride, muff3ed up in a
veil, riding mule led by her lover Then
comes bevy Of gorgeously dressed DAM
sells. sparkling with silver ornaments, after
which the friends of the bride follow. The
procession stops in front Of the bride
groom's house, and the girls friends line
both sides of the pathway. The pipers
march off on one side, while the bride.
groom lifts the girl from the mule and
holds her in his arms. The girls friends
thereupon throw earth at the bridegroom,
when ne hurries forward and carries her
over the threshold Of his house. Those
about the door beat him with olive
branches amid much laughter.
In the evening, on such occasions, the
pipeTs and crummers are called in. and the
women dance, two at q time, facing each
other nor does couple desist until, pant
ing and exhausted, they step aside to make
room for another The dance has great
energy OF movement, though the steps are
small and changes Of position slight, the
dancers only circling round occasionally.
Blu. they swing their bodies about with an
astonishing energy and suppleness. As
leaves Autter before the gale, so do they
vibrate to the music. They shake, they
shiver and tremble, they extend GuiYering
arms, wave wells, and their minds seem
lost IN the abandon and frenzy of the
dance, while the other women, looking on.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-15
HEALTH POINTS.

For warts, cons and other indurations
OF the cGlicle, nothing acts more satisfac-
torily than a mixture of equal parts of
tlnctare OF iodine and glacial acetic acid,
applied in repeated layers with q brush,
night and morning.
Fotnergill stated some time ago that beef
tea is rather a, stimulant than q noarish-
ment, and now an article appears in the
Nineteenth Century showing that it power
fully retards digestion. This action is said
70 be due to the organic acids contained
in it.
It may not be generally known that cold
food is more easily kept on a sensitive
stomach than hot; 80 in cases where ii is
rejected in the ordinary warm or hot form,
it had better be tried as nearly frozen as
can be taken. In many feyers this would
be decided advantage. The prejudice
against cold food is, perhaps, natural but
We carry It TOO far. Milk may be admins
tered in q frozen state, often with positive
advantage. Philadelphia Call.
A case is recorded in a German medical
journal in which an infant was poisoned
by the lead contained in a cosmetic on the
face Of the nurse. The child was five weeks
old, and vas constantly crying and suffer-
ing with collie. Its skin was of a dull blush
tint. The nurse had long been IN the habit
of using a cosmetic which contained q
large proportion of lead. 1t is stated that
upon removal of the cause and appropriate
treatment a cure was effected in few days.
That surgery has reached the stage where
no further advance need be expected was
recently expressed as the opinion of Dr.
Erickson, distinguished British surgeon.
On the other hand, Sir w Stokes, Presi-
| dent of the College Of Surgeons in ireland,
anticipates q great future development OF
antiseptic surgery, declares brain surgery
to be yet in its infancy, and believes it
quite probable that in time diseased lungs
may be found amenable 10 surgical treat
| ment,-Laucet.
Celery root or celeriac is considered a
remedy for rheumatism. Prepared in this
manner il will be an acceptable dish, even
should it fail as an anti-gout specific
Wash three roots of celeriac and boil for
twenty minutes; when cool, peel and slice
them boil one pint OF rich milk, and
when cool pour it oyer q teaspoonful Of
melted butter and beat well add salt and
soupeon Of cayenne pepper; pour over
the sliced celeriac and simmer for twenty
minutes. Serve hot" q, G. w in Ne5O
York Commercial AdVertiser.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-15

QUAINT OLD MARRIAGE REooRps.-The
world discourages, and rightly So the mar
riage of December with May, and when
such marriages took place in former times
they were usually recorded in some such
way as this: "22d August (17S2). AT
Bath, Captain Hamilton, aged 90 to Mrs.
Munson, lady of rank and fortune, aged
S." We may find even distance of eighty
years between an old man and his bride.
In February, 1869, Robert Judge, Esq,
of Cooksburg, Ireland, aged 95, to Miss
Annie Nugent, aged Is. He served in King
Williams wars, and received ball in his
nose" Particulars of hight as well as OF
age fortune and length of courtship were
often given: December (1755). At York,
Mr.. Thomas, grenadier in the Yorkshire
militia, six feet two inches high, to Miss
Hannah Tennick, of Clearlam, three feet
two inches high. with fortune of f5 600. ~
And on April 10, 1875, at Ripley Church,
Robert Long was married 10 Miss Reyn-
ard between them there was disparity both
of age and size the bridegroom being
81 years of age and more than six feet high;
the bride 20 years old and little more than
three feet bigh." The record Of q marriage
in 1779 of couple aged respectively SO and
50 concludes thus: 4" A nd what is still more
remarkable, there has been q courtship car
ried on betwixt them for more than sixty
years. January Brooklyn, Magazine
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-15

HOME DECORATION has been called
an age Of over. decoration, and the phrase
does not seem altogether misapplied, jpdg-
Ing from some of the rooms We are called
upon 10 examine. and which contain
everything hom the amateur plaques
and peacock feather to the japanese
fans and 2 variety Of objects which
exist under the name OF bric-a b-ac There
are scores OF pretty things which may be
made useful in a room, and many things
which are useful which may be made pretty
But let US remember III all attempts at
decoration that every article in room
should have some definite purpose TO serve,
or should az least seem 10 have q use. Be
cause some persons lack the true artistic
sense and follow q fashion they do not IN
derstand, and oyerdo the matter ii does
not follow that We should abstain from
decoration. Our eyes crave beauty and
must have it of every object they meet.
Very few Of US can furnish our rooms at
once in accordance with any set plan we
can only add little now aud then as purse
will allow but IN this decoration let us
keep our eyes open for the consistency OF
Ideas and final effect, and the result. how
ever simple, will be harmonious and pleas
ing H0gsekecper.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-15

LIVING PLEASANTLY ON 800 A YEAR.-
Recently, in Boston, Edward Atkinson
read a paper before the New England
Womsn's Club. It was called the Price
of Life and proved that it was not only
possible but pleasant to live on $500 a
year This includes ample food, light,
heat, clothes room rent and left a slight
margin for extravaganza. Mr. Atkinson
wore such a suit of clothes as he in
Guided in his list at IS 80, and said that the
members Of the Thursday club, TO whom
he read the same lecture, had greatly
admired the cut. He quoted Bonamy
Prices definition of man, the
only animal endowed with pro
gressive wants" and said he con-
sidered the advice wheresoever your lot
may be cast, learn wherewith TO be discon-
tented" far more wholesome than the re-
verse. The lecture was illustrated by a
novel cooking apparatus invented by Mr..
Atkinson, consisting of a square wooden
box mounted on wooden legs, containing a
tin box surrounded by water and heated
from below by an ordinary kerosene lamp,
so that one may sit and read his paper by
the light of his cooking engine while it
slowly stews his supper. Al f8-pound
ham was cooked at the cost of cents
worth of oil, and turkey, warranted TO be
tough, was made tender by the expenditure
OF 4! cents worth of OIL
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-15

WHERE TO DIG TIE WELL.-Let US re-
member that well will drain an area with
a diameter equal to twice its depth. There
fore, a well 10 feet deep Will drain an area
the diameter of which is p feet, that is to
say, that Il will drain the surrounding soil
for y feet in every direction. Obviously
then the privy should be more than the
depth of the well away from it, and more
than this again if it is proposed to
place it on a higher level, which, how
ever, should never be done. The well
should be lined inside thoroughly with
mortar so that percolation cannot occur
between the cre7ices of the bricks and il
should be well covered, so that surface
drainage cannot get into it, for you
want to drink water that has come into
the well from the bottom, after it has
been purified by liberation through the
earth Thus, then. these are the precau-
tions to DE observed in locating and build
ing your well in the country. How about
the city? Well water in the city should
never be used; the sources of contami-
nation are too numerous and too hidden to
be ayoided.-A'l,als OF Hygiene.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-15
TEE " HOME SEEKER. :"

The Immigration AssOeiaH0aOfEerth
ern California is now preparing TO issue
the January number of the "H0AIE
SEEKER" 1t is to be enlarged, and
fully illustrated with lithographic views
Of Northern California. twill contain
practical information of The resources
and advantages OF the Northern Coun-
ties. All the proceeds ofthis publication
viii be devoted to the carrying on Of
immigration H0rko We appeal to the
business men Of the Northern part oftiie
State 20 give It their advertising sup.
port. By so doing, the work of bring.
ing an increase OF population 10 tie
State viii be carried on. 1T Ogden q
copy viii be put in the hands OF each
incoming passenger. In addition 10 IT'S,
several thousand copies viii be Gis.
tributef on tae trains leaving Chicago,
In order 10 attract the settler intending
TO settle Ia other States ana Territories
Give the HONE SEEKER'' your sup
port. Central and Northern California
Immigration Association. S29 Second
street. sp7-tf
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-15

A HALF CENTURY's LOCOMOTIVE EvoLU-
TIoN.-In recent address as President of
the British Institution of Civil Engineers,
Edward Woods stated that the locomotives
of fifty years ago contained the essential
features Of those of to-day, the great i'm
provements wrought having been in con.
structive detail. The modern engines pos
sess at least four times as great steamiug
power coupled with six fold weight Com
pared with modern locomotive, the
Planet type of 1892 to 1886 had & weight
of y tons instead of 45 tons, fire-grate
area Of : square feet instead OF 20 square
feet, and heating surplus of 800 square
feet instead of : 400 square feet. An almost
incredible economy of fuel has been Ell
fected. About fifty years ago, for instance,
one railway line consumed 12,G00 tons per
annum. while a few years later 3, 100 tons
sufficed for considerably greater traffic
The tractive power has been increased five
fold, and all gradients up 10 in 20 are now
readily surmounted. Ordinary speeds have
considerably increased, vet express and
special trains run but little faster. In track
laying a mistake OF the early engineers was
the use OF stone sleepers, making road so
rigid that rails were often broken Steel
has superseded iron for rails, at present
cost Of only half that Of the iron rails in
1870, while the durability is about three
times as great
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-15

ALL 4 III NOT 6 ENrLEMEN.-I was sitting
next well dressed man, whose hair and
beard were quite gray. A pretty young
girl, modest in look and manner came in
and stood quietly near the door. The seat
the other SIDE OF the gray-hGIred man from
me was soon vacated, and he motioned the
young lady to take it. She politely de-
clined, be rather officiously insisted, again
she declined and another lady coming in
took the seat Other changes occurring,
moved away, and the man eagerly called
the girls attention 10 the vacant place
heard her say firmly: u thani, you, sir I
prefer to stand" and this little bg-Dlay
went on from time 70 time, as occasion
offered, until the girls annoyance vas APP
parent TO a'l. Il happened tina, she left
the car a. the same time Ihi and ven
tured to ASK why she remained standing
when she could have been seated The
tears came to her modest eyes as she said
g have to work for my living, and have
to ride on the cars every night and morn
ing. | have to decline every offer of kind
ness from gentlemen. l have found
must; they are not all gentlemen, and this
one called me My dear Clara Belle N
Pioneer Press.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-15

PUZZLED BIZ HER PooKETs.-The manner
ofputting in the pockets of women's dresses
nowadays is very pulling It always did
battle a man 10 find them, but now il baf-
fes the woman herself. 1t is no unusual
thing for lady to come back to our head
ladies and AK them 10 show them the
pockets and how to get at them. You see
the pockets are fixed in the plaits, and do
not show at all. You frequently see lady
or entering store clap her hand down
where her pocket should be. The observer
does not notice anything, but you may de-
pend on II that she has found her pocket
if she goes ahead, and If she turns back she
has not. Recently noticed one lady COM
ing back three or four times, and, thinking
some blunder must have been made, !
made inquiries. 1t was only to find her
pocket, and each time she go. caught in 3
store. unable to find the entrance to the
pocket when she wanted to get something
out.-Globs- Democrat.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-15
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
THE GIRLS THAT ARE WANTED

THE GIRLS THAT AXE
The girls that are wanted are good girls
Good girls from the heart to the lips
Pure as the lily is white and pure,
From its heart TO its sweet leaf tips.
The girls that are wanted are home girls
Girls that are mothers right hand,
That fathers and brothers can trust to,
And the little ones understand.
Girls that are fair on the hearthstone,
And pleasant when nobody sees;
Kind and sweet to their own folk
Ready and anxious to please.
The girls that are wanted are wise girls,
That know what TO do and say;
That drive with smile or a soft word
The wrath of the household away.
The girls that are wanted are girls of sense,
Whom fashion can never deceive;
Who can follow whatever is pretty,
And dare, what is silly, TO leave.
The girls that are wanted are careful girls,
Who count what a thing win cost;
Who use with & prudent, generous hand
But see that nothing is lost.
The girls that are wanted are girls with hearts
They are wanted for mothers and wives:
Wanted TO cradle in loving arms
The strongest and frailest of lives
The clever, the witty, the brilliant girl,
They are very few, understand;
But Oh for the wise, loving, home girls
There's a constant and steady demand
-AtlO York TfiGer